North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Basketball News

The LSU baseball team's record-setting season came to an abrupt end when North Carolina eliminated the Tigers from the College World Series with a 4-2 victory Tuesday afternoon in TD Ameritrade Park.

Models of consistency all season, Louisiana State and North Carolina face off Tuesday in a College World Series battle of survival.

Oregon State used a seven-run fourth inning to break open the game against mistake-prone Louisville, and the Beavers stayed alive in the College World Series with an 11-4 victory on Monday.

No. 1 national seed North Carolina lost its College World Series opener for the third consecutive time dating back to 2009.

North Carolina pitching coach Scott Forbes turned to his freshman closer Monday morning and said: "Thornton, you're on the bump."

Head coach Paul Mainieri said the sophomore left-hander Cody Glenn will start Tuesday's game on the mound.

Jim Holshouser was the first North Carolina governor I met. In the wake of his passing Monday morning , you'll probably read and hear remembrances from people who knew him much better than I did, but our brief meeting left me thinking that he embodied a couple of my very favorite things about our state.

North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams said he will wait until he has all the facts on P.J. Hairston's legal status before making a decision on his place with the team.

JANUARY 26: Rodney Purvis #0 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack encourages the crowd to get loud during a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 26, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

New owner Vivek Ranadive was looking for a front office leader to replace Geoff Petrie, who ran basketball operations for the Kings since 1994.

For any college football team, regardless of its ultimate aims in a given season, starting a campaign 0-2 is absolutely a "worst case scenario."

OMAHA, Neb. Days before the most important start of his life, N.C. State pitcher Carlos Rodon appeared calm in the moment but promised that would change come game time.

Inside Carolina takes an in-depth look at N.C. State, as the Tar Heels will square off against their in-state rivals in the College World Series on Sunday.

Playing for the Durham Bulls during his first season in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, the player from Thomasville is one step away from what's viewed as the inevitable call.

North Carolina is back in the College World Series for the sixth time in eight years and 10th time overall.

"I feel really confident in this team. I feel about as good as I could possibly feel about a team going here."

North Carolina coach Larry Fedora saw his first team set school records for scoring and total offense, win eight games and do enough to win a division title they can't officially claim due to NCAA sanctions.

Top national seed North Carolina and N.C. State meet in their College World Series opener at 3 p.m. Sunday in Omaha, Neb.

While freshmen Skye Bolt and Trent Thornton have earned plenty of headlines for playing vital roles in North Carolina's run to the College World Series, fellow classmate Landon Lassiter continues to assert himself as one of the Tar Heels' top performers.

The former NBA great was recruited by the Tar Heels out of high school, was defeated by them in the 1982 national championship game, and went his entire NBA career without winning a NBA title due in large part to former Tar Heel Michael Jordan.